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NCDC records 1,262 deaths due to diphtheria

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that the country is…

Oluremi Tinubu vows to end female genital mutilation practice in Nigeria

First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has described Female Genital Mutilation as a…

Tinubu extends doctors, health workers’ retirement age to 65

President Bola Tinubu has approved an increase in the retirement age for doctors and…

Gov Okpebholo launches free Malaria treatment in Edo

Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has launched a free malaria testing and treatment programme…

Canada-based Nigerian doctor sues health authority for discrimination

A Nigerian doctor based in Canada, Dr. Amos Akinbiyi, has sued the Saskatchewan Health…

Doctors protest poor conditions at Lokoja teaching hospital

Resident doctors at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Lokoja staged a protest on Friday, calling…

Uganda confirms one death in fresh Ebola outbreak

A nurse in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, has died from Ebola, marking a fresh outbreak…

Trump stops HIV, Malaria drug aids to Nigeria, other nations

Millions of people in Nigeria and other poor countries are at risk as the…

Abuja doctors end warning strike after Wike’s intervention

The Association of Resident Doctors in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has called off…

Tinubu appoints new chairman for UniAbuja teaching hospital

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Dr. Ikye Orikpo as the new chairman of the…

NCDC deploys experts to Ondo as Lassa fever cases rise

The National Centre for Disease Control has sent a team of experts to Ondo…

NCDC records 22 lassa fever deaths in two weeks

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed 143 cases of Lassa…

FCT doctors begin three-day strike over unpaid salaries

Doctors in the Federal Capital Territory Administration, under the Association of Resident Doctors, commenced…

Akwa Ibom declares Cholera outbreak in one community

The Akwa Ibom State Government has declared a cholera outbreak in Emeroke community, located…

Tanzania denies Marburg outbreak after WHO alert

Tanzania has rejected claims of a suspected Marburg virus outbreak in the north-western Kagera…